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Rose McConnell Long | |
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| United States Senator fromLouisiana | |
| In office January 31, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Huey Long |
| Succeeded by | Allen J. Ellender |
| First Lady ofLouisiana | |
| In office May 21, 1928 – January 25, 1932 | |
| Governor | Huey Long |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Fuqua |
| Succeeded by | Alice Lee Grosjean |
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| Born | Rose McConnell (1892-04-08)April 8, 1892 Greensburg,Indiana,U.S. |
| Died | May 27, 1970(1970-05-27) (aged 78) Boulder,Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, includingRussell |
Rose McConnell Long (April 8, 1892 – May 27, 1970) was an American politician who served as aU.S. senator fromLouisiana, succeeding her late husbandHuey Long. She was the third woman to serve as a U.S. senator, and the first from Louisiana.[1]
Rose McConnell was born inGreensburg, Indiana. She met Huey Long after she won a cake-baking contest that he had organized to promote a product that he was selling at the time. After a two-and-a-half-year courtship, Rose and Huey were married in 1913. The next year, he turned to the study of law, and he became a lawyer after passing the bar. They had three children together. Huey Long became a highly successful politician, elected as governor of Louisiana in 1928 and then U.S. senator from Louisiana in 1930.
After Huey'sassassination in 1935, in an example ofwidow's succession, Rose was appointed to serve in his seat in the United States Senate until a special election could be held. She won thespecial election on April 21, 1936, to serve the remaining months of her husband's term, but she was not a candidate that fall for re-election to a full six-year term. BecauseHattie Caraway (D-Arkansas) was already serving in the Senate when Rose Long was elected, it marked the first time that two women had ever served simultaneously in that body.
Rose Long died inBoulder, Colorado, in 1970, where she lived near her daughter, Rose Lolita Long McFarland. She was also survived by her sons, Palmer Reid Long ofShreveport, Louisiana, andRussell B. Long, then the sittingUnited States Senator from Louisiana.
Mrs. Long was portrayed byAnn Dowd in the 1995 television movieKingfish: A Story of Huey Long.
On February 1, 2014, Mrs. Long wasposthumously inducted into theLouisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame inWinnfield. Six others were honored as well, including John S. Hunt II, son of her sister-in-law Lucille Long Hunt, and who had served on the Public Service Commission from 1964 to 1972.Robert "Bob" Mann, press secretary to SenatorRussell B. Long, was also inducted.[2]
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| Preceded by | United States Senator (Class 2) from Louisiana 1936–1937 Served alongside:John Overton | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forU.S. Senator fromLouisiana (Class 2) 1936 | Succeeded by |
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